Cllr Andy Swain
Ward: Teign Valley
Parishes: Ashton ; Bridford ; Christow ; Doddiscombsleigh ; Dunsford ; Hennock ; Tedburn St Mary ; Trusham
Mobile: 07756 253908
Email: andrew.swain@teignbridge.gov.uk
Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) in east Kent should be delivered by joining together the council areas covered by Folkestone & Hythe with those of Dover, Thanet, Ashford and Canterbury.
Richard Foord, MP for Honiton & Sidmouth, has called on the Chancellor to cut the tax on meals, staycations and days out, in the Budget next week.
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, MP for Mid Sussex, discusses the current crisis facing the BBC, and what needs to be done to protect it.
Commenting ahead of the UK Covid Inquiry’s report on governance and decision-making, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has said that we must not allow the political failings of the pandemic to ever happen again.
Oldham Liberal Democrats are demanding answers after Cabinet Member Elaine Taylor appeared to declare the former Saddleworth School site was being brought forward for housing, while a viability assessment for using it for a health centre was still ongoing
Speaking in the Folkestone and Hythe District council meeting of 19th November on models of Local Government Reorganisation for Kent, Deputy Council Leader Tim Prater made the case for option 3A, with three authorities covering Kent.